Dot VN, Inc. Co-Founder and President Receives Award

(The Hosting News) – Dot VN, Inc., (http://www.dotvn.com) (Pink Sheets:DTVI), an Internet and Telecommunications Company and the exclusive online global domain name registrar for the Country of Vietnam (“the Company” or “Dot VN”), announced today that Dr. Lee Johnson, President and Co-Founder of Dot VN will be recognized at an awards ceremony held in Hanoi, Vietnam where he is to receive an award of merit from the Prime Minister’s Office, decision number 1237/QD-TTg dated July 07, 2011 for his achievements in the development of the Internet in Vietnam, contributing to the cause of socio-economic development of the country.

The event is scheduled to take place on October 28, 2011 and will include guests from various Vietnamese Ministries, to include representatives from the Vietnam Internet Network Information Center (“VNNIC”). Dr. Johnson has previously received 2 awards from the Vietnamese Government. The first was granted by the Ministry of Posts and Telematics (currently Ministry of Information and Communications) “Information Technology Person of the Year 2007” award. Additionally, March 20, 2008, Dr. Johnson was again honored, this time by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam for “Contributions in Development of IT in Vietnam”.

“I am deeply honored by this award and I sincerely thank all of the people whose hard work, dedication and faith powered tremendous Internet growth that Vietnam enjoys today,” said Dot VN Co-Founder and President, Dr. Lee Johnson. “I would like to offer a special thanks to Dr. Mai Liem Truc, the Ministry of Information and Communications and VNNIC and I am happy to have been able to support them in their grand vision for Vietnam’s online future. It is with a full heart that I recommit myself and Dot VN to driving even greater growth and development for Vietnam’s Internet in the years to come.”